Musical Instruments: Bahamas import duty
All 18 tariff lines under Chapter 92 (musical instruments) enter The Bahamas duty-free, at 0% import duty. It includes guitars & string instruments, keyboards & digital pianos and wind musical instruments. Duty is not the whole bill: The Bahamas adds a 1% customs processing fee (minimum $10, maximum $1,500) and 10% VAT on the landed cost.
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Duty rates for every musical instruments tariff line
Grouped by 4-digit heading; follow a heading for its own page. Descriptions are the sub-heading detail; the heading text is the row above.
| HS code | Description | Import duty |
|---|---|---|
| 9201 · Pianos, including automatic pianos · 3 lines, duty-free | ||
9201.1000 |
Upright pianos | Free |
9201.2000 |
Grand pianos | Free |
9201.9000 |
Other | Free |
| 9202 · Guitars & String Instruments · 2 lines, duty-free | ||
9202.1000 |
Played with a bow | Free |
9202.9000 |
Guitars and other string instruments verified | Free |
| 9205 · Wind musical instruments · 2 lines, duty-free | ||
9205.1000 |
Brass-wind instruments | Free |
9205.9000 |
Other | Free |
| 9206 · Percussion musical instruments · 1 line, duty-free | ||
9206.0000 |
Percussion musical instruments (for example, drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets, maracas) | Free |
| 9207 · Keyboards & Digital Pianos · 2 lines, duty-free | ||
9207.1000 |
Electronic keyboards and digital pianos verified | Free |
9207.9000 |
Other | Free |
| 9208 · Musical boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs · 3 lines, duty-free | ||
9208.1000 |
Musical boxes | Free |
9208.9010 |
Other — Decoy calls of all kinds; whistles, call horns and other mouth- blown sound signalling instruments | Free |
9208.9090 |
Other — Other | Free |
| 9209 · Parts and accessories of musical instruments · 5 lines, duty-free | ||
9209.3000 |
Musical instrument strings | Free |
9209.9100 |
Other — Parts and accessories for pianos | Free |
9209.9200 |
Other — Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of Heading 92.02 | Free |
9209.9400 |
Other — Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of Heading 92.07 | Free |
9209.9900 |
Other — Other | Free |
Bahamas Tariff Act (schedule version 2026-2027) · 18 lines shown. Lines tagged verified have been individually checked against the current schedule; the rest are as published in the Tariff Act. Rates are import duty only. Final classification and charges are determined by Bahamas Customs.